WEBVTT MOLLIE: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A FARM TOUR? THEY HAD EIGHT FAMILY HOMES THIS SUNDAY. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING IN. YOU HAVE DONE THIS ALL NINE YEARS. WHERE IS IT, AND HOW DID IT GET STARTED? FARM CRAWL CAME FROM AN IDEA THAT BLUE GATE FARMHAND. BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY SMALL FIRMS DOING DIFFERENT THINGS IN A SMALL RADIUS IN MARION COUNTY COME WE FELT, WELL, MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS. I THINK WE HAD SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT FORMS THAT MET AND WANTED TO BE PART OF IT. I WILL NEVER FORGET A GUY FROM THE APPLE ORCHARD SAID WE WILL BE LUCKY IF WE GET 50 PEOPLE. WE GOT WELL OVER 500 THE FIRST YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD 2500. MOLLIE: WOW, IT HAS WORKED OUT. HE HAS GROWN WELL. IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE OUR OPERATIONS, WHAT WE DO, LEARN ABOUT THE PRODUCTS WE MAKE, AND JUST GET A DAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US FARMERS TO CLEAN UP THE FARM. MOLLIE: REAL QUICKLY, WHAT IS YOUR FARM? WE HAVE 14 JERICHO TO MAKE CHEESE OUT OF THEIR MILK. MOLLIE: I MENTIONED WE WILL HAVE SAMPLES. AND SALES. MOLLIE: OH, GOOD. TELL US ABOUT YOU. WE RAISED WORK AS OUR MAIN THING. WE HAVE BECOME CHICKEN AND LAMB AND EVEN SOME RABBITS. THE MAIN DEAL IS WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THE FARM AND GET TO KNOW THE FARMERS. THAT IS THE COOL THING ABOUT THE FARM CRAWL. ALL THE FARMS HAVE TOURS WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU CAN SEE A SNIPPET OF WHERE YOUR PRODUCT COMES FROM AND WHERE YOUR MEAT OR YOUR CHEESE OR YOUR VEGETABLES, WHERE THEY COME FROM, AND HAVE A CONNECTION. CUSTOMERS IN DES MOINES OR THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THEM TO SEE -- IF THEY ARE AT THE FARMERS MARKET OR GO TO THE CHEESE SHOP ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THIS IS A CHANCE TO SEE WHERE IT COMES. THERE WILL BE TOWARDS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS FOR THE FAMILY AND ALL AGES. MOLLIE: YOU MENTIONED, TOO, THE VARIETY, BUT THERE IS POTTERY? THERE IS POTTERY, GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATIONS OF CREAM SEPARATORS, APPLE ORCHARDS, VEGETABLES, PUMPKIN PATCHES WITH MAZES. MOLLIE: PERFECT FALTERING FOR GOODS OF A LATE -- FALL AFTERNOON FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES. HOW DO WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT? THIS COMING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4. IT STARTS AT 11:00 AND RUNS UNTIL 5:00. FOR MAPS, DIRECTIONS CAN GETTING TO ALL THE FARMS, FARMCRAWL.COM. EACH FARM IS ONLY ABOUT FIVE MILES APART, BUT WE ARE ALL WITHIN A 10-MILE RADIUS. YOU CAN COME TO 2 FORMS, YOU CAN COME TO ALL 8 FARMS. PLENTY OF SAMPLES.